Ultimate Compound?

[C8N]

Re: Ultimate Compound?

Anyone know if it scratches granite?

Use the least agressive method first and do a test spot!
I'm just kidding but believe it not... i actually tried swirlx first before going with uc when i did my kitchen sink lol

[C8N]

Re: Ultimate Compound?

Would UC be effective at taking out scratches on glass? I have a friend's car that I will be working on and it looks like the wipers were turned on w/o the blades in them and scratched the hell out of the glass.

[Murr1525]

Re: Ultimate Compound?

No.. need proper glass polishing kit for that.

[C8N]

Re: Ultimate Compound?

^ Thanks. Any recommendations?

[Michael Stoops]

Re: Ultimate Compound?

Does M101 have more cut than M105? I like to think not, just a different product base suspending the liquid based on its designed intention.

We rate both equal on the scale at 12, but there are those who will tell you that M101 will cut more than M105. M100 is also rated a 12 but again, there are those who find it superior in many ways to both M105 and M101. And then there are the die hard M105 users who just swear by it.

As always, what are you working on, how does the paint respond, what tools are you using (buffer, pads) and what's your goal?

Keep in mind that when we developed these three products we were designing with specific body shop targets in mind. M105 was developed as a universal compound offering fast cut and minimal swirl in a body shop environment where a rotary buffer is the primary tool. M101 was developed specifically for European aftermarket paints and a foam cutting pad. More than that, it was developed for the typical work flow used in Euro body shops; primarily spot repair with a low speed setting on the rotary and relatively fast arm movements. M100 was developed to be a mid tier compound, applied with a wool pad via rotary. That any and all of these products can be used in a detailing environment versus the body shop environment they were designed for is really down to the similarities of process in the two arenas. Let's face it - whether body shop or detailer, you're still ultimately polishing paint. The target goals may be different, certainly the paint is different, and the basic tools may be different, but at the end of day both are still trying to remove below surface defects and make the paint shine.

A body shop is going to select product based on work flow, type of paint and of course price. You don't normally find body shops spraying 30 different kinds of paint - they stick to a few that fit their needs and know how they'll respond to sanding and buffing. A detailer will have so many different paint systems thrown at him in the average week that the possibilities are almost endless. One car may love M105 on a microfiber pad via DA while the next car hazes to a dull gray with the same process. We make the analogy to a mechanic's tool box when talking about Mirror Glaze compounds and cleaner polishes; that mechanic needs a whole slew of different wrenches, even though they all do the same basic thing, because there are so many different size nuts and bolts, different applications, etc. Compounds and polishes all do basically the same thing, too, but the paints they're used on are as different as all those nuts and bolts.